Catch Report

S. Feeney had a great day with 12 on c/r including a brown of 4.5lbs, best fly yellow bunny. C. Gibson also had a cracking brown of 5lb on a dancer. D. Buchanan had 4 for 11lb 4oz and released a further 8 on damsels whilst B. Gribble had a very good bag of 4 for 17.5lbs on bloodworms patterns. C. Borthwick had 4 for 14lb 12oz on Damsels and buzzers were the top patterns for D. Russell, R. Russell, and M. Lotin taking 12, 12, and 8 on c/r respectively.

Peter Craig, Dunbar, made the trip through to Morton Fishings and had success using a hot headed damsel ( A "J MacKay Flies" pattern of course!) Here's Peter playing and netting a very lively 4.5lb Blue - he also had a 5lb Rainbow along with 5 more for his mornings fishing.

Want to see a big fish getting caught? Ian Dobbie strikes again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdZ8ux5G9b0

A 14lber.

Here's the 15lb'er Mr McGhee caught!

Well done.

Our resident "Fixer" Jack went out for a few casts and had instant success! Using a John MacKay Bunny (would he use anybody else's?) Jack had a specimen of 12lb and another at 5lb - experience often makes the difference.

If only John could match that.......

All of a sudden Spring became Summer! 20 degrees and not a cloud in the sky; the hottest March on record, no wonder the hares were going mad....and so were the fish. Flies hatching, buzzers buzzing, rainbows rising, browns.... er....doing what browns do, anyway, March has been excellent at Morton Fishings.

Bill Begby had a superb bag of 4 for 29lb on Hot Head Dancer with the best a cracker of 14lb! Alex Given used Damsels and Buzzers to take a bag of 4 for 13lb 9oz whilst Derek Hawthorne had 10 on c/r to Buzzers as well. John Wood had 4 for 14lb on Yellow Dancers and Alex Gunn used Buzzers and Cormorants to good effect taking 11 on c/r. W. Gilchrist went one better with 12 on c/r as did Jim Muir, both using Black Buzzers. G. Little had a beauty of 10lb 8oz on a Bloodworm pattern and he also returned another seven. M. Leask had 7 also on Bloodworm.

The Portobello AC had a good day out with K. Kettles taking 4 for 13lb, T. Fusco 4 for 10lb, and A. Taylor 4 for 10lb. A. Moore had 4 for 10lb 8oz on Damsel with A. Adams using Buzzers to take a bag of 4 for 10lb.

April is upon us but we are no Fools - a wee cold spell is expected but then it is game on!

Like the weather everything changes - some poor days in the cold have been followed by excellent catches in the warmer "spring-like" conditions.

Dunfermline Artisans AC had a good day with W Kerr taking a beauty of 11lb 6oz on a black bunny. B.Potter had 4 for 8lb on a black fritz whilst D. Buchanan had 3 on buzzers, and John McLean 3 on black bunny.

Kenny Haggart took 8 on c/r using buzzers.

In just over a week's time it will be the start of the "old" fishing season. Time moves on. Tight lines.